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    Crusty Skin, Whole Flock Died - unknown cause

    Thank you for the answers. I kinda thought I would never solve this one. The hens laid right up until death. They all died in the night coop, which has a concrete floor and 1" round roosts, we never saw any laying on the floor though... it also had nesting boxes with a bit of hay. The pasture...
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    Crusty Skin, Whole Flock Died - unknown cause

    Hello. I wonder if someone can help me solve the mystery of my flock's demise. We live in FL, we keep leghorns. We had 9 hens, and a rooster (all about 10-12 months old). We still have the rooster, but all of the hens died, one after the other over 4 - 6 weeks. They presented with very few...
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    Newbie - Howdee!

    We have a coop, its a "hoop coop" made from pvc and moveable, plus a night time "safety coop", lol. Predators did not get my poor hens... it was some sort of illness. They didn't seem ill, but one day a hen died. We looked her over and she had some crusty skin, like psoriasis looking. Nothing...
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    Newbie - Howdee!

    Hello! I'm a child of God, wife of Mr. Right and mom of 11 arrows.... I also have some chickens. Well, I should say HAD. I now have 1 roo... the whole flock was recently wiped out and I don't know why. :( (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We had chickens for almost...
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